THE George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, is to receive more cash to improve services for patients with bone, skin and hearing problems.

The hospital is to receive a share of #8.7 million earmarked for the West Midlands.

Three grants are being made - #460,000 for new trauma and orthopaedic outpatient clinics; #100,000 to extend audiology services to include clinics in GP surgeries and #385,000 for a dermatology village, a hospital within the hospital to offer a one-stop clinic.

The money is part of a government programme to ensure local services are shaped around patient needs.